Physical features and resources:
Rivers:
  • Rhine River:, Largest in Germany, Important for trade, begins in switzerland and winds through germany,france,luxemburg, and the netherlands
  • Danube: 2nd longest in Europe, flows through countries of germany, austria, slovakia, hungary, serbia, croatia, bosnia, herzegrovina, slovenia, bulgaria, romania&the ukraine; 1,770 miles long, played a vital role in the development of central europe
  • Volga: Longest river, 2,200 miles, 9 hydro electric power stations, flows through russia
  • Dnieper: starts in southwestern part of the russian federation, flows through belarus, then southeast through ukraine, ending in the black sea
  • Don: begins in southwest russian federation, south of moscow, south easterly towards the volga river, end sin sea of azov
Mountains:
  • Alps: located in austria, france, germany, switzerland, italy, slovenia, and liechtenstein;Major tourist destination, extend for almsot 700 miles, mt blanc, highest mountain in the alps @ 15,771 feet
  • Pyrenees: Form the natural border between france and spain, extend for 270 miles,
  • Ural: Considered the natural boundry between europe and asia, divide russia: 1/4th is in europe, 3/4ths in asia; 1500 miles long, among world's oldest ranges, huge deposits of gold, nickel, silver, platinum, coal, iron, and other minerals
  • Balkan: Extend from Yugoslavia across bulgaria, most famous mt in mount olympus in greece
  • Caucaus: Stretches from black sea to caspian sea, highest peak is mt elbrus @ 18,506
Water:
  • The English Channel: small body of water that separates england from france, 350 miles long
  • Mediterranean sea: covers 965,000 square miles between europe and africa
Land:
  • The european plain: stretches from pyrenees in west to urals in east, extends 2000 miles, agriculture
  • Great Hungarian plain: located in southern europe
  • Kjolen Central: runs along the border of eastern Norway and western sweden, highest point is mount kebneskaise @ 6,965 feet
  • Mesata: central plateau, covers most of spain, 2300 ft in north, 2000ft in south